“Oh how I finesse my pain,” says Charlotte, North Carolina MC Lute, who took a pause from his first tour with the Dreamville family to stop by MASS APPEAL HQ. After an excellent Open Space interview, he stepped into the dusty corridor to kick straight reality. This that “What I used to tell myself in my head / Working third shift at Target moving boxes of bread.” And in case you don’t know “Insta likes and Retweets don’t feed my child.” Check these urgent bars right now.